Cerámicas bioinspiradas para aplicaciones dentales
- González Fernández, Pío Manuel
- Serra Rodríguez, Julia
- López Álvarez, Miriam
- Rodríguez Valencia, Cosme
- Chiussi, Stefano
ISSN: 1135-2949
Year of publication: 2013
Issue: 253
Pages: 98-109
Type: Article
More publications in: Gaceta dental: Industria y profesiones
Abstract
The current demands in oral and maxillofacial surgery, as well as, in the future requirements of tissue engineering for regeneration of bone tissue have set new and interesting challenges for materials science and biomedical engineering in the field of bone substitutes. In particular, this article addresses the challenge that emerges in the development of advanced porous bioceramics. The technological solution proposed will be approached from a bioinspired or biomimetic perspective, which aims the observation, learning, inspiration and research of the materials and processes developed by nature itself. Thus, along the following sections, the process of making novel porous ceramics obtained from natural resources will be described. First bioceramics of silicon carbide (bioSiC®) obtained from plant resources (wood, algae and plants) will be presented, also their morphological and biomechanical properties and biocompatibility studies in vitro and in vivo. The second part focuses on the obtaining of bioapatites of marine origin, specifically from shark tooth, in granular formulations and also as nanoparticles.